More than 500,000 young dairy calves were mercilessly killed as a
result of greed and profit. According to a recent class action lawsuit
filed by law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP on behalf of
consumers, various dairy companies - including the National Milk
Producers Federation, Dairy Farmers of America, and Land O'Lakes -
formed a trade group called Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) in order
to engage in an illegal price fixing scheme that has resulted in more
than $9.5 billion in unfairly obtained profits. CWT allegedly colluded
to reduce the supply of milk and thereby inflate the price by buying out
small dairy farms and then instructing workers to kill their entire
herds. To learn more please visit Dairy Industry Allegedly Kills Half a
Million Calves in Illegal Price Fixing Scheme:http://www.mfablog.org/2011/09/dairy-industry-allegedly-kills-half-a-million-calves-in-illegal-price-fixing-scheme.html

The total disrespect for the lives of God's animals is so appalling
that it seems unreal to those of us who do our best to embrace a
compassionate lifestyle. Our responsibility to bring change is to expose
the inherent cruelty of animal agriculture so more people realize that
farmed animals are systematically tortured and killed for nothing else
than taste and profit.

The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply
rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we
must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another, even
the lowliest creature; to do so is to renounce our manhood(womanhood)
and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies.

In a recent issue of Peaceable Table there is a fantastic piece on
pioneer animal advocate Hugh Dowding (1882-1970), who was the head of
the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command in 1940 and widely credited with
leading his country to victory in the Battle of Britain, helping freed
Britain and perhaps much of western civilization from Nazi tyranny.

Dowding, a spiritualist, theosophist, vegetarian, and advocate on behalf
of animals, is a role model for those who want to live a compassionate
lifestyle and help make the world a better place. To learn more please
visit:http://www.vegetarianfriends.net/issue81.html

The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I
am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

With suffering all around us many times we might feel powerless and
discouraged. However, we should remember that God promises to guide us
and protect us, helping us overcome the obstacles the life brings.

A hearing on a bill to ban gestation crates and veal crates in
Massachusetts took place earlier this month during which 3 kids
testified in behalf of farmed animals. The hyper-confinement of farmed
animals (such as gestation crates and veal crates) is standard procedure
in factory farms and animals suffer greatly emotionally, psychologically
and physically under these conditions.

There are no factory farms in
Massachusetts and animal advocates would like factory farms to stay away
if possible. If the bill is passed, offenders would be fined $1000
dollars and face jail time for up to 6 months. To read the article
please visit Kids testify on animal confinement ban:http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/politics/Kids-testify-on-animal-confinement-ban

It would seem common sense for Christians to support bills that ban
cruelty of God’s animals, since we all called to show compassion and
mercy to all creatures. It is our hope that Massachusetts passes this
bill and that all states would follow. The world will know no peace
unless we stop the relentless exploitation of sentient beings.

HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell talks to Time magazine's Bryan Walsh about
the first National Conference to End Factory Farming taking place this
month in Washington, DC. Bryan Walsh highlights the extent of pollution
these factory farms cause as well as the suffering of animals confined
in them.

Please visit The fight to end factory farming:http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/10/22/jvm-end-factory-farming-conference.cnn